A DISABLED man has become the victim of a campaign of intimidation and violence from young thugs.

Spina bifida victim David Spencer, of Bechers, Hough Green, says his tormentors are driving him to despair.

Once he answered a knock at the door to find a thug who shook up a bottle and sprayed cola all over him before flinging the empty container at him.

Pint glasses from pubs are hurled at his door and window late at night.

And sick youngsters taunt him about his disability labelling him 'peg leg' because he has difficulty walking.

His six-month-old car has been repeatedly vandalised and last week its windows were smashed two nights in a row.

He has also been menaced by thugs threatening to set their dogs on him.

Now he is worried that his ex-wife will ban his children from visiting him because she fears for their safety - his 11-year-old daughter was recently in the flat during a 'siege'.

But he is determined not to let the thugs grind him down and insists: 'I'm not scared of them'.

He said: 'People can't imagine what it is like

here most of the time. I have had trouble with teenagers since I came here. I have put up with it for a long time but I am just at the end of my tether.

'I have reluctantly asked the council for a move. I don't know what to do, these last incidents have really got me down. I wouldn't mind but I never bother anyone - I just ignore teenagers, I never bother them.

He added: 'It is like the wild west. I have been threatened with dogs and I get the usual taunts of 'peg leg' because I don't walk properly.

'I am always in touch with the police but there's not a lot they can do unless they are caught red handed.

'They are singling me out because of my disability - the last time my car was attacked it was parked between two others and they weren't even touched.

'I won't hide but I can't run after them. I just want this situation sorted out.'